Transaction in Own Shares & Programme Completion

InterContinental Hotels Group PLC (the "Company")

Transaction in Own Shares & Programme Completion

The Company announces that on 29 May 2014 it acquired 9,045 of its own ordinary shares for cancellation at an average price of 2298.0769 pence per ordinary share. The highest and lowest prices paid for these shares were 2300 pence per share and 2295 pence per share respectively.

The above purchase completes the Company's $500m share buyback programme.

Following settlement of the above purchase, the Company will hold 12,500,000 ordinary shares as Treasury Shares and the total number of ordinary shares in issue (excluding shares held in treasury) will be 255,793,702.

For further information, please contact:

Investor Relations (Catherine Dolton; David Kellett; Isabel Green):

+44 (0)1895 512176